“Curling is sexy,” says 29-year-old Danika Richard with a laugh, showing off her large sign that asks for a kiss from John Morris, the handsome 37-year-old Chestermere firefighter who serves as skip for Team Canada. “Or, at least Johnny Mo is.”

The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear a case that's been grinding its way through the lower courts over the years — the one in which three immigrants argue against taking an oath to the Queen as a requirement of Canadian citizenship.

Our scare-a-day government now dons another fright mask. The province may no longer cap increases to post-secondary tuition.
Asked Thursday if this might happen, Premier Jim Prentice fell into his now-familiar